The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 134: what you’re looking at

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THE TWIN DETECTIVES. | 125 ‘All right, Mr. Brody, any friend of yours is welcome,” said the landlord, greatly mollified. ‘* Have this room swept and dusted at once, and I’ll move in,” said Bob, with a pleasant sensation of getting just what he wanted. “ All right, I'll send the chambermaid up right aavay.” The landlord went off, and Bob looked around with great satisfaction. It was a small, mean-looking room, and was separated from McLean’s sitting-room by only a lath and plaster par- tition. On this partition ial things were hung as ornaments. Among them a map or chart of Greenwood Cemetery. This lively article was mounted on rollers, and was exceed- ingly yellow and dusty. Bob studied it very attentively; he lifted it up and viewed the wall behind it. The paper that covered the wall was discolored and torn, and the plaster chipped and broken. ‘““That suits me exactly,” said Bob. ‘Tl soon find out some of the secrets of the occupant of the next room.” As Bob turned away from studying the map of Greenwood Cemetery, the chambermaid appeared. “Ah, Mary, how are you?” asked Bob, in a jocular manner. «“My name ain’t Mary,” said the girl, with great dignity. ‘‘ Ain’t it? Well, I am surprised, for the prettiest girls I have known were Marys; however, that’s neither here nor there—every rule has its exceptions.” ‘<The drummers are all alike,” said the girl, pouting and smiling both at once. ‘Are they, miss?” asked Bob, innocently ‘*Do you mean in the face?” ‘No, I don’t mean in the face, as you know very well,” replied the chambermaid. ((0) m = re comichbooks